Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

A day without blood is like a day without sunshine!

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.